Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.- Helen Keller

Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Only those who dare to fail greatly can achieve greatly. - Robert F.Kennedy

Live out of your imagination, not your history. - Stephen Covey

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.- Franklin D. Roosevelt

I have not failed. I've just found 10, 000 ways that won't work.- Thomas A. Edison 1847-1931, American Inventor, Entrepreneur, Founder of GE

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.- William James

You must be the change you want to see in the world.- Mohandas Gandhi

I am here to invent who I am and what my life is about.-Howard Spiva

It's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.- Chinese proverb

The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.- Vince Lombardi

Be of good cheer. Do not think of today's failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow. You have set yourselves a difficult task, but you will succeed if you persevere; and you will find a joy in overcoming obstacles.- Helen Keller

Some people say they haven't yet found themselves. But the self is not something one finds; it is something one creates. Thomas Szasz 1920-, American Psychiatrist

It's kind of fun to do the impossible. Walt Disney

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.-Confucius BC 551-479

Optimists are right. So are pessimists. It's up to you to choose which you will be.- Harvey Mackay

Our life is what our thoughts make it.-Marcus Aurelius Antonius

You have brains is your head.You have feet in your shoes.You can steer yourselfany direction you choose.-Dr. Seuss (Oh, the Places You'll Go!)

Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.-William Jennings Bryan

“There isn't a person anywhere who isn't capable of doing more that he thinks he can.”-Henry Ford

You can have anything you want -- if you want it badly enough. You can be anything you want to be, do anything you set out to accomplish if you hold to that desire with singleness of purpose.-Abraham Lincoln

Successful people believe in themselves, especially when others do not.-Howard Spiva

If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work.-Thomas Watson, founder of IBM

The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person's determination.-Tommy Lasorda

If you have a job without aggravations, you don't have a job. -Malcolm Forbes

Fall down seven times; stand up eight.-Japanese Proverb

People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them.-George Bernard Shaw

Contrary to popular opinion, life does not get better by chance, life gets better by change. And, this change always takes place inside; it is the change of thought that creates the better life.-Howard Spiva

The only man who never makes mistakes is the man who never does anything.-Theodore Roosevelt

Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers.-Socrates

Real courage is moving forward when the outcome is uncertain.-Michael E. Angier

Ideas are worthless. Intentions have no power. Plans are nothing . . . unless they are followed with action. Do it now!-Michael E. Angier

You are what you are and you are where you are because of what has gone into your mind. You change what you are and you change where you are by changing what goes into your mind.-Zig Ziglar

It is a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.-W Somerset Maugham

If you are unwilling to suffer the pain of discipline, you will suffer the pain of low self-esteem. Choose your pain. One can be transformed into pleasure; the other cannot.-Howard Spiva

"Impossible" is a word only to be found in the dictionary of fools.-Napoleon Bonaparte

All that we are is a result of what we have thought.-Abraham Lincoln

Do the thing you fear and the death of fear is certain.-Ralph Waldo Emerson

There are no limitations to the mind except those we acknowledge.-Napoleon Hill

The smallest deed is far greater than the biggest intention.-Kerry Randall

My simple formula for success:Do not let what you do not have get in the way of using what you do have.-Howard Spiva

We become what we think about all day long.-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Adventure is not outside; it is within.-Howard Spiva

When I hear somebody sigh that "Life is hard," I am always tempted to ask, "Compared to what?"-Sydney Harris

No matter your past, you have a spotless future.-Howard Spiva

Never, never, never, never, never, never give up.-Winston Churchill

Make it Great day! Howard Spiva

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Great spirits often encounter violent opposition from mediocre minds ~Albert

Life is too short to spend your precious time trying to convince a person who wants to live in gloom and doom otherwise. Give lifting that person your best shot, but don't hang around long enough for his or her bad attitude to pull you down. Instead, surround yourself with optimistic people. ~Zig Ziglar

Make it Great day! Howard Spiva

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Great spirits often encounter violent opposition from mediocre minds ~Albert

"We all grow up with the weight of history on us. Our ancestors dwell in the attics of our brains as they do in the spiraling chains of knowledge hidden in every cell of our bodies." ~Shirley Abbott

"To laugh is to risk being a fool. To weep is to risk appearing sentimental. To reach out to another is to risk involvement. To express feelings is to risk exposing your true self. To place your ideas, your dreams, before the crowd is to risk their loss. To love is to risk not being loved in return. To live is to risk dying. To hope is to risk despair. To try is to risk failure. The person, who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing and is nothing. They may avoid suffering and sorrow, but they simply cannot learn, feel, change, grow, love or live. Risks must be taken because; the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing. Only a person who risks is free."
~Leo Buscalia

"Actions have reactions, don't be quick to judge. You may not know the hardships people don't speak of. It's best to step back, and observe with couth, for we all must meet our moment of truth." -Gang Starr, Moment Of Truth

"The best day of your life is the one on which you decide your life is your own. No apologies or excuses. No one to lean on, rely on or blame. The gift is yours-it is an amazing journey- and you alone are responsible for the quality of it. This is the day that your life really begins." ~author Unknown

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." - Martin Luther King, Jr.

"I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him." ~Abraham Lincoln